Firefighters are warning people to take extra care when cooking with hot oil after a flat fire on Elsham Road in Kensington.
Part of a five-roomed flat on the first floor of a converted mid-terraced house was damaged by fire. Ten people left the building before the Brigade arrived. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus assisted one woman from the building via an internal staircase who was treated on scene by London Ambulance Service crews.
The fire is believed to have been accidental and involved cooking with hot oil.
A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: “Chip pans and cooking with hot oil can be really dangerous and the risk increases when you start frying food more than once. All it can take is for you to become distracted for a few seconds and your cooking oil can quickly go up in flames.
"Cooking should never be left unattended on the hob or grill - if you have to leave the kitchen, turn off the heat."
The Brigade was called at 1709 and the fire was under control by 1807. Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters from Hammersmith, Paddington and Acton fire stations attended the scene.